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Creative Chemistry - Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries
by Edwin E. SlossonThe recent war as never before in the history of the world brought to the nations of the earth a realization of the vital place which the science of chemistry holds in the development of the resources of a nation. Some of the most picturesque features of this awakening reached the great public through the press. Thus, the adventurous trips of the D..
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry
by Thomas AndersonThe object of the present work is to offer to the farmer a concise outline of the general principles of Agricultural Chemistry. It has no pretensions to be considered a complete treatise on the subject. On the contrary, its aim is strictly elementary, and with this view I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to avoid unnecessary technicalities so ..
Familiar Letters of Chemistry
by Justus LiebigThe Letters contained in this little Volume embrace some of the most important points of the science of Chemistry, in their application to Natural Philosophy, Physiology, Agriculture, and Commerce. Some of them treat of subjects which have already been, or will hereafter be, more fully discussed in my larger works. They were intended to be mere ske..
The Chemical History of a Candle
by Michael FaradayFrom the primitive pine-torch to the paraffin candle, how wide an interval! between them how vast a contrast! The means adopted by man to illuminate his home at night, stamp at once his position in the scale of civilisation. The fluid bitumen of the far East, blazing in rude vessels of baked earth; the Etruscan lamp, exquisite in form, yet ill adap..
The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis
by Frederick Hutton GetmanThese few pages are intended to serve a twofold purpose,—to give the student a general outline of Blowpipe Analysis, and to introduce him to the methods of Determinative Mineralogy. Every effort has been made to simplify details so that the book may be used in both High Schools and Colleges.Tables for "systematic" examination have been intentionall..
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing
by Bernard D. BolasTo cover the whole field of glass-blowing in a small handbook would be impossible. To attempt even a complete outline of the methods used in making commercial apparatus would involve more than could be undertaken without omitting the essential details of manipulation that a novice needs. I have, therefore, confined myself as far as possible to such..
Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes
by Jane AndrewsChild's Health Primer For Primary Classes, With Special Reference to the Effects of Alcoholic Drinks, Stimulants, and Narcotics upon The Human System. As this little book goes to press, Massachusetts, by an act of its legislature, is made the fourteenth state in this country that requires the pupils in the primary, as well as in the higher grades o..
Object Lessons on the Human Body
by Sarah F. BuckelewThis book has been prepared to help you in learning about "the house you live in," and to teach you to take care of it, and keep it from being destroyed by two of its greatest enemies,—Alcohol and Nicotine. As you study its pages, be sure to find out the meaning of every word in them which you do not understand; for, if you let your tongue say what..